Monastic Life

Saint Agapios from the Skete of Kolitsou and his four blessed companions Georgios Martzelos 4 November 2011 St Agapios lived as a monk with his elder at the Skete of Kolitsou. One day...
Saint Sabbas the Younger, the ‘fool for Christ’s sake’ Georgios Martzelos 4 November 2011 This St Sabbas was born around 1283 in Thessaloniki, the son of pious paren...
Saint Philotheus Coccinus, Patriarch of Constantinople Georgios Martzelos 4 November 2011 Coccinus was one of the most distinguished and most prolific bishops of the...
The Martyr Saint Cosmas the Protos Georgios Martzelos 4 November 2011 St Cosmas was a brother of the Monastery and lived at the ‘Kareon’ Skete. H...
Saint Euthymius, Abbot of the Monastery, and the twelve martyr monks with him Georgios Martzelos 4 November 2011 St Euthymius was Abbot of the Monastery in the second half of the 13th cent...
The Typikon of the monastery 4 November 2011 The spiritual labour of the day in its attempt to acquire the divine virtue...
Saint Ioakeim Pappoulakis Georgios Martzelos 29 October 2011 The Blessed Ioakeim, surnamed Pappoulakis, may be included in the catalogue...
Saint Macarius Macres Georgios Martzelos 29 October 2011 Macarius was born in 1386 in Thessaloniki of a devout and distinguished fam...
The Monastery’s Saints – Introduction Georgios Martzelos 29 October 2011 In a monastery such as Vatopaidi, with so rich a history and spiritual trad...
Prayer in the Monastery 29 October 2011 Prayer usually takes place in the katholikon at the times of common prayer ...
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